English noun: woodpecker | |||
1. | woodpecker (animal) bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects | ||
Synonyms | pecker, peckerwood | ||
Broader (hypernym) | piciform bird | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Campephilus principalis, downy woodpecker, flicker, green woodpecker, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivorybill, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, piculet, Picus viridis, redhead, redheaded woodpecker, sapsucker, wryneck | ||
Member meronym | family Picidae, Picidae | ||